1999 Minnesota Statutes

     97B.905 Fur dealer's licenses. 

    Subdivision 1.    License requirement.  

    (a) A person may not buy or sell raw furs without a fur 
 buying and selling license, except:  

    (1) a taxidermist licensed under section 97A.475, 
 subdivision 19, and a fur manufacturer are not required to have 
 a license to buy raw furs from a person with fur buying and 
 selling licenses; and 

    (2) a person lawfully entitled to take fur-bearing animals 
 is not required to have a license to sell raw furs to a person 
 with a fur buying and selling license. 

    (b) An employee, partner, or officer buying or selling only 
 for a raw fur dealer licensee at an established place of 
 business licensed under section 97A.475, subdivision 21, clause 
 (a), may obtain a supplemental license under section 97A.475, 
 subdivision 21, clause (b). 

    Subd. 2.    Nonresident license.  A nonresident must 
 obtain a license under section 97A.475, subdivision 22, to buy 
 or sell raw furs within the state, except a license is not 
 required to buy from a person licensed under section 97A.475, 
 subdivision 21. 

    Subd. 3.    Bond required for fur buyer license 
 applicants.  Applicants for a raw fur dealer's license must, 
 at the time of application for the license, furnish a corporate 
 surety bond in favor of the state for $1,000 payable upon 
 violation of the game and fish laws.  

    HIST: 1986 c 386 art 2 s 68; 1989 c 287 s 6; 1994 c 623 art 1 
 s 37